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Thomas Grove
@tggrove
Central, Eastern Europe and Russia for @WSJ. Pulitzer Prize winner. Previously in Turkey, Central Asia, and Central Pennsylvania.
Warsaw, Poland
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Born March 10
Joined February 2011
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    May 9, 2021
    Like a scene out of Death of Stalin. Victory Day celebrations in Uzbekistan. This is hilarious.
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    Дождь
    @tvrain
    May 9, 2021
    На «Дне памяти» в Узбекистане военные не смогли определиться с тем, как выразить дань уважения гимну страны — отдать честь или приложить руку к сердцу. Выглядело это комично tvrain.ru/s/Kgs/
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    Thomas Grove
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    Mar 6, 2022
    Start of anti-war protests in Russia. This one in Irkutsk.
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    ФБК
    @fbkinfo
    Mar 6, 2022
    И ещё Иркутск. Начало шествия против войны с Украиной
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    Thomas Grove
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    Nov 8, 2023
    1/Earlier this year, @washingtonpost reported that Egypt planned on secretly sending Russia 40,000 rockets. That deal was eventually scuppered by U.S. pressure. What we didn't know was that weeks after the deal was thwarted, a Russian delegation landed in Cairo....
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    Thomas Grove
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    Mar 1, 2022
    A fantastic interview with Fiona Hill on how the West has empowered Putin and the likelihood of nuclear attack. We are already, she said, in the middle of a third World War, whether we’ve fully grasped it or not politi.co/3400f9r via @politico
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    ‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes
    From politico.com
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    Nov 8, 2023
    Replying to @tggrove
    3/Deliveries are meant to start next month. But that's not all, the Egypt story was just a part of a broad campaign by Russia to turn to its former arms customers for spare parts as it ramps up its own munitions production. Our story w/ @summer_said
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    WSJ News Exclusive | Russia Turns to Longtime Arms Customers to Boost War Arsenal 
    As it seeks to replenish the huge quantity of arms being used in Ukraine, Russia has sought to retrieve crucial helicopter engines from Egypt, Brazil, Pakistan and Belarus.
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    Thomas Grove
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    Jun 21, 2023
    84 days ago Evan was one of the best reporters covering Russia. Then they threw him in prison. He's still there. freegershkovich.com
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    Thomas Grove
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    Nov 8, 2023
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    2/They wanted to make sure ties with Egypt were still solid and asked Cairo to prove it by giving Moscow more than 100 helicopter engines for the Ukraine front line. At first there was silence from the Egyptian side. But when Sisi met Putin in St Pete this past July he agreed.
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    Aug 9, 2019
    Sweden has run out of trash. independent.co.uk/environment/sw…
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    Thomas Grove
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    Mar 15, 2018
    A day after Russian government said it destroyed all its Novichok agents, a Foreign Ministry deputy says neither Russia nor USSR had any programs to develop it to begin with. So that should clear things up.
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    Feb 14, 2022
    Great to be back in Kyiv
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    Jan 12, 2020
    Russian train delayed for two hours because a single galloping (?) camel who refused to veer off the tracks
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    Sep 30, 2023
    Last year, Russia quietly began to steal 100,000s of tons of Ukrainian grain from newly occupied regions, exporting it to Russian-allied countries in the Middle East. Yesterday, our @WSJ video team won a @LoebAwards for their investigation
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    May 24, 2021
    Only one day after being taken off the Ryanair flight.
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    Tadeusz Giczan
    @TadeuszGiczan
    May 24, 2021
    ❗️According to his mother, Roman Protasevich is in hospital in critical condition - heart disease.
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    Thomas Grove
    @tggrove
    Nov 17, 2016
    Putin's foreign policy adviser says after 30-min phone call w/ Trump, the Kremlin's still not entirely sure what his position is on Ukraine